Section 15-202 - Composition(a)(1) The Committee shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Board.(2) Of the 7 Committee members: (i) 3 shall be licensed physicians;(ii) 3 shall be licensed physician assistants; and(iii) 1 shall be a consumer.(3) Of the licensed physician members:(i) At least 1 shall specialize in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty; and(ii) At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty.(4) The Board shall appoint the physician assistant members from a list of names submitted by: (i) The Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants; and(ii) The State institutions of higher education with approved physician assistant programs.(5) The consumer member:(i) Shall be a member of the general public;(ii) May not be a physician, former physician, physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician or physician assistant;(iii) May not have a household member who is a physician or physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician assistant; and(iv) May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a process regulated by the Board.(6) Each member of the Committee shall be a resident of the State.(b) Of the three physician members of the Committee, two shall be previously or currently serving as a patient care team physician under a collaboration agreement with a physician assistant.(c)(1) The physician assistant members shall be licensed as a physician assistant under this title.(2) The physician assistant members shall be currently practicing as a physician assistant or employed as a faculty member of an accredited physician assistant program.(3) Of the 3 physician assistant members of the Committee:(i) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a hospital; and(ii) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a nonhospital setting.(d) A Committee chair and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.(e) The chair, or the chair's designee, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 920,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 919,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 613, Sec. 1, eff. 5/8/2020.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. 5/8/2020.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 401, Sec. 1, eff. 5/2/2013.